"The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is issuing a public health alert for an undetermined amount of various meat and poultry products (listed below) produced by Olde Strasburg Meats that were misbranded and produced without the benefit of inspection. Olde Strasburg Meats is located at 1317 N Wooster Avenue NW, Strasburg, Ohio, 44680.

I know it's Fat Tuesday and Valentine's Day is long gone, but a reader, Joanne Girard, sent this to me and I had to share.

The day before Valentine's Day, her mother, 90-year-old Marie Kiehl of Akron's Ellet neighborhood, opened up a bag of potatoes, dumped them into her potato bin, and here's what was waiting for her on top:

(AP) - Home-brewed coffee lovers, take note: More than a million popular coffee makers are being recalled after dozens of reports of the brewers spraying hot liquid, coffee grounds or tea leaves onto people.

Taking part in Akron's This City Reads today. Promised to read for at least 30 minutes. This is not much of a promise. I spend much of my day reading: newspapers, cookbooks, magazines, emails, Facebook and Twitter. This girl reads every day, all day!

New book started last night, Ali in Wonderland by the actress Ali Wentworth. She's a hoot, can't wait to get further into it.